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US 2018/0001230 A1Published application
System and method for separating liquid mixtures
AssigneeFreeport Minerals Corporation
InventorsSteven Richardson, Jason M. Morgan
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for separating phases of a liquid mixture or dispersion from each other. The system includes a settler system, which includes a coalescing-enhancing plate comprising a front face and rear face and a plurality of openings. The openings are configured to selectively manipulate the flux of portions of the mixture to thereby increase phase separation of the mixture.
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A method for separating two liquids comprising:
- introducing a mixture of two or more immiscible liquids into an inbound portion of a vessel comprising the inbound portion and an outbound portion, wherein the mixture comprises a first phase and a second phase;
- partially separating the two or more immiscible liquids of the mixture;
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- selectively manipulating the flux of the partially-separated liquids of the mixture by passing the mixture through a coalescing-enhancing plate contained within the vessel comprising a first group of openings extending through the coalescing-enhancing plate located along a first horizontal row.
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A method for separating a mixture of an aqueous phase and an organic phase comprising:
- introducing a mixture of a metal value-containing organic phase and an aqueous phase into an inbound portion of a vessel comprising the inbound portion and an outbound portion, wherein the aqueous phase and the organic phase are immiscible, and wherein the aqueous phase is denser than the organic phase;
- partially separating the aqueous phase and the organic phase of the mixture;
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- selectively manipulating the flux of the partially-separated liquids of the mixture by passing the mixture through a coalescing-enhancing plate contained within the vessel comprising a first group of openings extending through the coalescing-enhancing plate located along a first horizontal row, wherein the first group of openings is located at a position which corresponds to a position within the aqueous phase.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.